Oberbrechen station

Oberbrechen station is a station on the Main-Lahn Railway, which runs from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof to Limburg (Lahn), in the Brechen suburb of Niederbrechen in the German state of Hesse. With Niederbrechen station, it is one of two stations in Brechen. The station is in the fare area of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station and has two platform tracks.

Oberbrechen
Through station
LocationFrankfurter Str. 2, Oberbrechen, Brechen, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°21′17″N 8°11′17″E
Line(s)Main-Lahn Railway (km 58.3)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code4627[1]
DS100 codeFOB[2]
IBNR8004518
Category6[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1875
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station
RB 22
Main-Lahn Railway
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
RB 21
Ländches Railway
Location
Oberbrechen
Location within Hesse

History

A Haltepunkt (halt) was built in Oberbrechen with the construction of the Main-Lahn Railway in 1875. The entrance building was opened in 1879, which was built according to the same plan as the stations in Niederbrechen, Niederselters and Bad Camberg. The entrance building is a listed building.[3] A second platform track was built in 1913.

Operations

Oberbrechen station has two platform tracks, each with an outside platform. Except for the Regional-Express trains on the RE 20 line, all trains on the Main-Lahn Railway stop here.

Services

Rail

The following services currently call at Limburg:[5][6]

LineRouteComments
RB 21 Main-Lahn Railway,
Ländches Railway		 Wiesbaden Hbf – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Oberbrechen – Limburg (Lahn)Every 2 hours on Sundays and evenings
RB 22 Main-Lahn Railway Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Niedernhausen (Taunus) – Oberbrechen – Limburg (Lahn)Hourly + additional services in the peak

Bus

At Oberbrechen station there is a connection to the hourly LM-51 bus service towards Weilburg via Weyer, Münster and Weinbach. Route 285 goes to Limburg three times a day.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Limburg-Weilburg, Brechen, Oberbrechen, Frankfurter Straße 2, Bahnhofsgebäude" (in German). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. "Platform information for Oberbrechen station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. "627: Wiesbaden/Frankfurt - Niedernhausen - Limburg (Lahn)" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. "627: Limburg (Lahn) - Niedernhausen - Wiesbaden/Frankfurt" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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